March 23, 2026 | www.gospelofjesuschrist.blog | River Wilde
There are those people who have immersed themselves in the study of End Times Prophecy, and then there are others who choose not to even bother with these teachings…And then…There is YOU!
I’m guessing that if you are reading this writing, you have a feeling that we are in the end times, but the information out there is only confusing, and leads to additional anxiety. You want to know what is going on, but are overwhelmed. Is this your case? If so, let me help you with something that is really quite simple…BEING PREPARED!
Making it through the end times is all about knowing that you are prepared. Not with food, guns, water, or a mountain cabin hidden away from others. Bing prepared is ALL ABOUT BELONGING to Jesus Christ. Let me explain:
The scriptures teach us that in order for us to make it to heaven, a person must be Born Again. We too can apply this to navigating through the end times. To be prepared for the end times, a person must be Born Again. But what does this mean? Let me have the scriptures explain what this means.
Becoming “born again” is a spiritual transformation the Bible describes as essential for salvation and a restored relationship with God. Let’s walk step by step using King James Version (KJV) scriptures. I’ll explain it clearly so that you can understand how YOU can be prepared..
How a Person can become Born Again as the Bible Teaches
1. Understand the Need: We All Have Sinned
The first step is realizing that every person needs spiritual rebirth because sin separates us from God.
- Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
- Isaiah 59:2 – “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
Takeaway: You cannot enter God’s kingdom from your own strength. Recognizing your sin is the first step.
2. Believe in Jesus Christ
Salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ, trusting Him as your Savior.
- John 3:3 – “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
- Acts 16:31 – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
Takeaway: Belief is not just intellectual acknowledgment—it is trusting Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
3. Repent of Your Sins
Being born again requires turning away from sin and turning toward God.
- Acts 3:19 – “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out…”
- Luke 13:3 – “…except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
Takeaway: Repentance is a sincere change of mind and heart—a turning from your old ways to follow God. We recognize that we will NEVER be perfect in this life, but as a person includes Jesus Christ in their life, the desire to sin decreases. Repentance is a continual process of this life, and when we continue to sin, we continue to repent.
4. Confess Jesus Christ
Confession is verbal acknowledgment of faith.
- Romans 10:9-10 – “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Takeaway: Confessing Jesus publicly and believing in your heart unites your faith with action.
5. Be Baptized (Immersion in Water)
Baptism symbolizes dying to your old life and rising to new life in Christ.
- Acts 2:38 – “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
- Romans 6:4 – “…we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”
Takeaway: Baptism is an outward step that represents your inward transformation. If you have not yet been baptized, you can ask a local Christian church to perform this ordinance. Again, baptism is your expression that you have acknowledged your need for Jesus Christ in your life, and that you choose to turn away from sin.
6. Receive the Holy Spirit
The Spirit gives guidance, power, and evidence of new life.
- John 14:16-17 – “…I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth…”
- Galatians 5:22-23 – “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith…”
Takeaway: A born-again believer lives in fellowship with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is given IMMEDIATELY to those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. This is done through Him, and does NOT require the laying on of hands to receive it.
7. Live a New Life in Christ
Being born again changes your desires and actions.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
- John 8:36 – “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
Takeaway: Your thoughts, behaviors, and priorities start to reflect Christ. You will actually see a transformation in your life. You will see that you are becoming a better version of yourself. Your physical countenance will actually change, and others will recognize it.
If you have not yet done these seven steps, do it RIGHT NOW!! It starts by getting down on your knees and asking Jesus Christ to be a part of your life. Accept His atoning sacrifice and repent for your sins. The atonement of Jesus Christ was given to all mankind as a gift. However, due to our free agency, it is not forced on everyone, and must be accepted personally to make it become effective in your life.
Repentance is simple and is directly between you and God, through Jesus Christ. It is not necessary to get your church involved in the repentance process, for forgiveness is not theirs to give. Those creepy interviews that you have had with church leaders when you were a child are simply that, “Creepy Interviews.” This has more to do with church control over its members, and not the repentance process as taught by Christ.
In prayer, tell Him the thing(s) that you have done wrong. Express your sorrow for sinning and ask for His forgiveness. Ask for His help forward in not committing the same sin again.
Start with the sins that you can think of which are troubling you right now. There might be sins that you have committed in the past that come to your mind at a later time. When they do, simply get on your knees and repent for those sins that have been brought to mind.
When you have done as I have listed above, you now qualify to go to heaven when you die, and also, you will be taken in the rapture to meet Jesus Christ in the clouds as mentioned in the Bible.
So let me warp this up for you. Get prepared for the end times by becoming “Born Again” as stated above. Then know that God will be coming to rescue you BEFORE all of the 7-Year Tribulations horrors begin. This rescue is called the rapture. You don’t even need to believe in the rapture to be taken, for that is not a requirement. The one and only requirement is that you are Born Again, or as the scriptures state, you must be “in Christ.” Let’s look at the rapture scriptures to see this:
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive (in Christ) and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Explanation: This is the clearest description of the Rapture—believers, both dead and alive in Christ, are taken to meet Jesus.
John 14:1–3
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
Explanation: Jesus promises to return and take His followers to be with Him—often interpreted as part of the Rapture.
1 Corinthians 15:51–52
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
Those living “in Christ” will not be resurrected, but “Changed” into their perfect bodies, in the twinkling of an eye. Resurrection means to be brought back from the dead. But those who are currently living are not dead, that is why they will be changed, not resurrected. This is how we will survive living in the “clouds,” by having a perfected body.
So, if you now know what you need to do to receive a “ticket” to be included in the rapture, you do not need to do anything further. The Rapture is the very next thing that will happen in the end-times revelations, and because you will now be lifted up from this earth, ALL OF THE OTHER prophecies of the end times will not involve you. You will already be with the Lord in the clouds before any of the Tribulation period starts. Does this make sense to you now?
Can I be bold for a moment? Many churches are not teaching any end times doctrine. This should be a clue to you that they do not have your best interest in mind. Rather, many Christian churches have already been infiltrated by the adversary and will be used in the antichrist’s deception of luring people in to start following satan, and eventually losing their very souls by accepting the mark of the beast half way through the 7-year Tribulation period.
If you are waiting for a church leader to give you your next step, you have been PRIMMED for deception, and are at great risk.
Do as I have written in becoming born again, and you will be raptured regardless of your belief of the end times. God can verify what I am asking if you will include Him in your studies and listen to His promptings.
For those of you who are expecting your CHURCH to prepare and save you in the end times, I must respectfully say to you that you are again at High Risk for Deception.
God does have an additional plan for stubborn people who will not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. They will miss the rapture, and will have to endure the 7-year Tribulation period which is meant to humble all mankind through tremendous physical difficulties, torment, suffering, and a hopeful realization that they need Jesus Christ in their life, and to implement the process as I have described above.
If you miss the rapture, you are not on track to go to heaven. The only way now for you to make it into heaven is to come to Christ during the 7-year Tribulation period, which is certainly the Hard way. You will be tried like no other period of time in history. I invite you to begin this process right now, so that you and your family will miss all of the horrors that are coming to this earth.
Give your life to Jesus Christ right now, and accept Him as your Lord and Savior. Study His atonement as recorded in the Bible, and repent of your sins. This is what God desires of you. It is NOT about your Good Works, for they are not necessary to get you into heaven. They are the fruit of a person who has been born again, but not the root of salvation. We will be rewarded for the good works that we have done, but they are not the reason that we will be raptured, or sent to heaven.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
— Ephesians 2:8–9 (KJV)
I can promise you that if you will do the things that I have written, that you will be included in God’s rescue plan, and will be raptured from this earth to be with the “..Lord, and that you will forever be with the Lord.” This is the message from the prophets in the Bible.
There is so much peace and comfort in knowing this. Spend every minute of your day seeing that you have done what is necessary to become Born Again. Then, enjoy the spirit of God, as He will confirm that the things that I have written to you today, and will assure you that you are ready for the next event that will come in these end times… The Rapture of His Church.
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